Auto Generate folder and subfolder with Lists and Power Automate

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Within sharepoint I created a list with certain columns. the list has automatisms, specifically
ID column exists:

Each created item is assigned this "ID-YYYY-Name".
the second automatism that I am creating, and in which I would like your help, is as follows: each created item, must generate a folder and a subfolder in a specific folder. Folders that remain unchanged are for example: documents\monitoring

my automatism must create the following
\documents\monitoring\ID-YYYY-Name\SubFolder1, SubFolder2, SubFolder3.
I am currently able to generate folders but not subfolders and they are created only in the Document path

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thank for your help.

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Hi @Geped ,
You're close. Once you establish the first folder and update it, add another step to create a new folder using the path generated by the first folder. I think you can use a get folder metadata from path to help fill in the second folder's path.

Make sure you add a step to move the updated document into the first folder that you created.

Let me know if this helps, thanks!

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Hi @Bartelli,
I would like to point out that I recently use Power Automate.
I added the passage you suggested, but it doesn’t work as well as I would like.
The first error is that the item I create on list, generates a folder, but does not fit in the correct path, that is:
/Main-Folder 2024/Task _folder from list/Title_ID
the generated folder is placed in:
/Main-Folder 2024//Title_ID

also I would like the generated folder to have the following name: AUTO ID_TITLE, how can I do?

(I created a new sharepoint to do the tests not to create problems to my colleagues, it is still the same as the initial one)
the structure that I would like to generate automatically:

MAIN FOLDER 2024:

(permanent folder)

Task folder from list:

(permanent folder)

Auto ID_Title

(folder generated by List-2024_Test)

Folder 1

(Auto folder generated)

Folder 2

(Auto folder generated)

Folder 3

(Auto folder generated)